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Jefforson Davis School was opened for enrollment in August of 1931. It had a long and succesful run serving the south part of the city immediately south of Capitol Hill. Notably it had several oil wells on the property and one that hit a gusher causing it to splatter the school with oklahoma gold. It closed in the early 1980’s, because of lack of enrollment and district re-structuring. Davis is now serving as storage for beautiful auditorium seating, bus seats and bus driver equipment.
Startling Discovery Made at Abandoned OKC School
Posted: Jul 16, 2010 12:45 PM
Updated: Jul 16, 2010 5:58 PM
By Jon Jordan, NEWS 9
OKLAHOMA CITY — Police said bones that were found at an abandoned school don’t appear to be human, and the Medical Examiner’s office has taken custody of them.
Construction workers working at Davis Elementary School said they found the bones inside the abandoned school building.
According to an Oklahoma Public Schools spokesperson, the discovery was made at about 10 a.m. Friday.
The school district said the workers have been in the building trying to rid the former school building of asbestos. The school has been closed since 1987 and is set to be demolished.
Tierney Cook, Media Relations Manager for OKCPS, issued the following statement today:
“OKCPS Administrators were notified this morning of tennis shoes and bones found in a crawl space at the closed Davis Elementary building, 324 S.E. 52nd Street. The construction crew working on the asbestos abatement prior to the demolition scheduled for the old Davis Elementary building contacted the Oklahoma City Police Department.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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I love all that art deco at the main entrance
Yeah, this had some great art deco features. The best though was the gate at the front door…
I loved the ornate metalwork under the water fountain!
So cool to see the school I went to in elementary. I actually drank from that water fountain! I remember it closing. Looks pretty vandalized on the inside. Would love to revisit the inside and reminisce. Nice pictures.
i went to school there in the mid 60s to 71 it was bitter sweet to see it this way. but its better than not seeing it at all…thanks
Went to school there from 1934 to December 1939 when we
moved to Arkansas. Would like to have some pictures of it
before it was abandonded.